Originally Posted by Stingray
I find the whole project a bit strange. I don't know who was clamoring for an Elder Scrolls MMO. Certainly not many Elder Scrolls fans.

I don't think that's true. Maybe not the longtime fans, but threads asking for multiplayer were rampant from the days of Morrowind, and never stopped as long as I followed the TES boards (I stopped visiting regularly about the time the formation of Zenimax online was announced).